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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Fuodoor Gologhlan, Campbell, CA (US);
David Chi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kent Kuohua Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hector Serrato, Ceres, CA (US);
Jayendra Bhakta, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the present invention relates to a tetraethylorthosilicate chemical vapor deposition method, involving the steps of forming a film on a substrate using tetraethylorthosilicate in a chemical vapor deposition chamber; and removing tetraethylorthosilicate byproducts from the chemical vapor deposition chamber via a pump system and an exhaust line connected to the chemical vapor deposition chamber, the exhaust line comprising a mesh filter having a conical shape. Another aspect of the present invention relates to an exhaust system for removing tetraethylorthosilicate byproducts from a chemical vapor deposition chamber, containing an exhaust line connected to the chemical vapor deposition chamber, the exhaust line comprising a mesh filter having a conical shape via a pump system; and a pump system connected to the exhaust line for removing tetraethylorthosilicate byproducts from the processing chamber.